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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted what he described as "five-star activists driving the judiciary" and asked judges to introspect on whether they were delivering on their "divine" role in a manner that would safeguard the judicial system's credibility since they can't be criticised by outsiders. "If the executive makes a mistake, the courts can step in to correct the situation. But if you (the judiciary) make a mistake, then nothing will be left," Modi told a meeting of state chief ministers, high court chief justices and other top judges in the Capital.

RATLAM: Yoga guru Ramdev has said the law and the judiciary would find the truth in the sexual assault case against Asaram Bapu . "At present, only allegations are levelled against him," Ramdev said, addressing a youth voter awareness function in Jaora town in the district yesterday. "People should have faith on law and judiciary as both are doing their work with honesty in the matter," he said. Ramdev lauded anointment of Narendra Modi as the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, saying he would change the destiny of the nation.

KOLKATA: State Transport Minister Madan Mitra today said retired Supreme Court judge Ashok Ganguly , who has been accused of allegedly sexually harassing a law intern, has insulted the entire judiciary and should have resigned by now. "Justice Ganguly has insulted the entire judiciary. No one has insulted the judiciary the way he did," Mitra said. West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS) has said it has "dissociated" itself from its honorary professor Justice (Retd)

NEW DELHI: Noting that the process of accountability within the judiciary is "exceptionally weak", Law Minister Kapil Sibal today said that discretionary powers with the Chief Justice of India result in very few judges being brought to book for corruption. Referring to the higher judiciary comprising the Supreme Court and the 24 high courts, he said, "Unless the CJI in his individual capacity grants sanction, there can be no process of investigation. And, therefore, you see very few instances of people being brought to book.

JABALPUR: The Chief Justice of India, R C Lahoti on Sunday said corruption in judiciary would be dealt with an iron hand. "I want to give a clear message to the people and to the High Courts that no instance of corruption in judiciary shall be tolerated", he said adding if any such instance came to his notice, "it will be firmly dealt with". Denying that corruption has made an entry into judiciary, Justice Lahoti said the Supreme Court "is clean and no charge of corruption has ever been levelled against it". Addressing a felicitation function organised in his honour by the Madhya Pradesh High Court Bar Association in the precinct of the state High Court here, the CJI said "the judiciary is clean from within but the menace of corruption and inefficiency has crept in from the society where it has spread like an epidemic".

NEW DELHI: The involvment of as many as 30 judges in the multi-crore provident fund scam has shaken the confidence of people in the judiciary , attorney general G E Vahanvati told the Supreme Court on Thursday while arguing for CBI's application seeking transfer of the trial from Ghaziabad to Delhi. "If there is a case in last two or three years which has shaken the confidence of people in judiciary, it is this case," the AG told SC and said since six accused district judges, including three who later become judges of the Allahabad High Court , and witness judges officiated at some point of time in Ghaziabad, it needed to be shifted to Delhi to make proceedings free from any doubt.

KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee blasted at a section of the judiciary on Tuesday and said that " a section of the judiciary is corrupt and there are instances of court judgements have been bought for money. " Addressing the function to mark the completion of platinum jubilee of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly (WBLA), the chief minister said that "at times favourable verdicts are given in lieu of money. There are instances when judgements have been purchased. There is corruption among a section of the judiciary.

NEW DELHI: The BJP has distanced itself from the attempts of the ruling side to debate judicial interventions in Parliament. The party has decided to convey to the government that a discussion on separation of powers could be held, but in-camera. The BJP feels that the Left is being provoked by the government to pick up a fight with the judiciary. BJP leaders said the project was against the larger public sentiment. The party formally asked the government to convene an all-party meeting to discuss the ties between the three arms of the state ?

NEW DELHI: Congress has lashed out at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his 'directive' to the judiciary and asked whether Modi was implying the judiciary was being biased. The AICC response came a day after the prime minister said the judiciary is no more "fearless as it used to be" and wondered whether "five-star activists" were driving it. "No prime minister in the history of India has ever done what Narendra Modi has done. He said at a conference of the chief justice and other judges that judiciary today is not fearless and that it fears five-star activists.

NEW DELHI: In the backdrop of a controversy over Delhi Law Minister's move to call a judges' meet, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said that every effort will be made to strengthen the independence of judiciary while simultaneously ensuring speedy justice. "We respect the independence of judiciary and there was no intention to hurt that. We will work towards strengthening the independence of judiciary," Kejriwal said, replying to a question on Law Minister Somnath Bharti's move to convene a meeting of all judges of Delhi court.